Sign and its support



July 3, 1923.

W. J. WARK SIGN AND ITS SUPPORT Filed March 22 1922' PatentedJuly 3,1923.

.7 UNITED. srrss WILLIAM J. WARK, or COLUMBUS, onro. 1 y I l SIGN nnI'rs surron'r.

Application filed March 22, 1922. Serial-"1T0; 545,632. J r

To all whom it may concern: i I

Be it known that 1I,'WILLIAM J. lV RK- a citizen of the UnitedStates,,res1d1ng at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signs andTheir Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to signs and means for supporting the same.

The objects of my invention are to proexpensive sign support, thesupporting standards of which are adapted to be folded to substantiallyhorizontal positions in the direction of the length of thesign and, at

the same time, provide means whereby the sign and its supporting membersmaywhen desired be folded downwardly and outwardly, or at right" angleswith the 'direction of the length of the sign; to provide improved meansfor locking the normally upright members of the sign support in theirupright positions, and zto" produce otherimprovementswhich will be morefully pointed out hereinafter.

These objects I accomplish in themm ner illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing'in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an automo bile delivery-truck showing myimproved sign and sign supporting means in use thereon.

Fig.2 is an end view of the same, showing in dotted lines theposition-of the sign and'its support when folded laterally.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the sign supporting standardsshowing the upper portion thereof broken away.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of said standards and Fig. 5 is a sectionalview on line 4.-4 of Fig. 4, that portion of the sign which is shown inFigures 3 and 4 being omitted therefrom and c p Fig. 6 is a fragmentaryview in elevation of the upper portion of'one ofthe base members which lemploy. v

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

=Whilemy invention is particularly adapted't o be mountedonthe roof orupper side of the body. of an automobile or truck it will be obviousthat the sign and its supports hereinafter described may be other- Iwise mounted. I

Carrying-out my invention I employ two supporting, normally uprightstandards "1' between which the sign 2 is adapted to be supported in the-manner hereinafter set forth; I To-the top or roof frame of the bodyofan automobile, truck or other similar structure-T secure atpredetermined distances one from the other, base brackets or foot 1pieces: 3, each of which hasv formed therewith an upwardly extendingplateor bracket'member 4;, this member'being formed with-a rearwardlyprojecting lug 5 in its top portion and on one side of the center" ofitswidth." The h1g5 is formed "on'i'ts outerv side withan upturned shoulder6,.

,7'represents a second andmovable bracket member which consists" of asubstantially 1 disc shaped head portion Shaving a central verticalprojectingfwing 9, there being one of these bracket members -7 for eachof the standards.'- 'A s shown the heads 8 of the-bracket members"? areadapted to have their outer faces in frictional"contact-withtheinner-faces ofthe upright members-4t in which position they areheld-'by' meansf of a pintle .10'f0rmed" with andextending from themember 4 loosely through an opening in' the member '8. he proper connec-12 is inserted through anppening in the 9 is in a vertical position; Thelug 13 and shoulder 6 are adapted to'be" detachably' connected by asuitable pin 14 which passes tion ofthe members 8i'and 4'is assured byprovidlng on' the-pintle a washer '11 .outside of which a cotter orother suitable pin down through openings in' both of said members.

Mounted on the projecting portion 'of each of the wings 9 ofthe'member-S is the lower portion of a standard .15; This lower portionof the standard is bifurcated .to 7' permit its embracing the wing 9 towhich it is pivotally connected by'a suiutable pin or bolt 16.Thestandard is prevented from being moved or swun outward, or in thedirection of the mem r 4 beyond a vertical position by the formation inthe upper portion of the wing 9 of a shoulder 17 with which the standardcontacts when in vertical position.

The inner faces of the standards are provided with channels which mayextendthroughout the lengths of the standards above their bifurcationsor which may be formed as shown in the drawing of separated pairs ofparallel lugs 18. The channels thus formed are adapted to removablyreceive the ends of a horizontally disposed sign board 19, said signboard being thus held against voluntary movement out of the standards.

As the sign and its supports are particularly designed or adapted to bemounted on the top of an automobile truck or van and as the same mustnecessarily project a desirable distance above the'top of the vehicle,it is obvious that this upwardly projecting sign and its supports mightinterfere, with the passage of the vehicle through a doorway of agarage. or other building owing, to the lack of height of said doorway.By my construction this difiiculty is readily overcome by temporarilywithdrawing the locking pins 14 thus permitting a lateral and downwardswinging movement of the sign and its supports. This, as will readily beunderstood, is accomplished through the fact that the members 8 arerotatable on the pintles 10. By this operation it will be seen that thesign and its supports will be lowered and folded to a substantiallyhorizontal plane when desired and that the said sign and supports maybe. readily returned to their upright po sitions and locked in suchpositions by inserting the pins 141- through the lugs 13 and 5.

It will also be understood that when the sign board is withdrawn fromits support ing members the standards 15 may for the purpose of shippingor economizing in space be folded downward toward each other on theirpivot bolts 16.

From the construction and operation which I have described it will beseen that simple and unique means are provided for the support of asuitable sign board upon the top of a truck, counter or other supportlaterally or longitudinally to horizontal positions.

2-. In a sign structure the combination of fixed base members, standardcarrying members pivotally connected wit-h said base members, and signsupporting standards, said standards carrying members adapted to bepartially rotated to swing said standards laterally, the sign standardsbeing capable of beingswung longitudinally between the base members.

3. In a sign structure combination of fixed base members, comprisinghorizontal and.

upright portions, said upright base portlons having stop shoulders,standard carrying members pivotally connected with the upright portionsof said base members, sign holding standards carried thereby, and a stoparm on each of said standard carrying members adapted to engage saidbase mem her shoulders, and means for locking said. base members andstandardv carrying members together when the standards are in up-v rightpositions.

a. In a sign structure the combination of a pair of opposing fixed basemembers, standard carrying members pivoted to said base members topermit of lateral swinging motion on the latter, standards pivotallymounted in connection with said standard carrying members and adapted tobe folded toward each other to substantially horizontal positions.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa; ture.

WILLIAM J. WARK.

